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[Canada] Tobacco companies want case dismissed

Two of the tobacco companies the provincial government is suing are trying to get the case dismissed because they say P.E.I. courts don’t have jurisdiction to deal with it. Earlier this month British American Tobacco and Carreras Rothmans Ltd. filed the
(Prince Edward Island) Guardian (ca)
added Jan 28, 2013 17:45
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[Canada] Day 85: Mr. Barnett's surprising testimony

John Barnett is possibly the last of a long parade of tobacco industry witnesses to be called by the plaintiffs to testify at the Montreal tobacco class actions lawsuits. Like the last float on a good Santa Claus parade, the 14 year president of Rothmans
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Nov 20, 2012 13:56
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[Canada] Day 72: If this is 2:30, we must be in addiction.

A review from Rothmans UK headquarters found Dr. Knott "sympathetic to the industry" and favoured his research proposal to measure children's brain waves and follow them over time to see if it was possible to identify who would become smokers and who wo
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Oct 19, 2012 15:05
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[Canada] Day 70: John Broen talks himself into another day

This man is a former vice president of corporate affairs, former vice-president of marketing and former president of tobacco companies operating in Canada. He worked as a senior executive in the tobacco business for a quarter century, and would have seen
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Oct 18, 2012 15:14
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[Canada] Patrick O'Neil-Dunne

But in this rich soup of Canadian tobacco history there are some stories that are clear and memorable. One of them is told through the paper legacy of a tobacco pro and former fighter pilot who came to Toronto to set up shop for Rothmans in 1956. His nam
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Nov 7, 2012 11:57
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[Canada] Day 73: The president who never bothered to ask

The witness is Mr. Patrick J. Fennell, who was president of Rothmans, Benson and Hedges . . . Mr. Fennell's short tenure at Rothmans, Benson & Hedges coincided with one of the more tumultuous periods in Canadian public health history, during the passage
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Oct 23, 2012 14:10
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[Canada] Day 69: RBH enters the spotlight

Over the next three weeks, the trial will focus on fact witnesses from Rothmans, Benson & Hedges (RBH) - now their lawyer, Simon Potter, will have his turn in the first row. Beside him today was his McCarthy-Tetrault colleague, Kristian Brabander. At the
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Oct 16, 2012 12:44
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[Canada] Day 85: Mr. Barnett's surprising testimony

John Barnett is possibly the last of a long parade of tobacco industry witnesses to be called by the plaintiffs to testify at the Montreal tobacco class actions lawsuits. Like the last float on a good Santa Claus parade, the 14 year president of Rothmans
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Nov 20, 2012 13:56
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[Canada] Day 71: A rushed day with another Northern Irish Chemist

Justice Riordan frequently gave a firm direction for the "next question." At one point - I believe a first for this trial - he put closure on a witness, saying crossly. "I am NOT going to give you more than 2 days with this witness. You had better use you
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Oct 18, 2012 15:03
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[Canada] Day 74: "My mission was to restore profitability"

Mr. Fennell volunteered little about what he knew about the company or the industry during the period he headed Rothmans, Benson and Hedges (1985-1990). Nonetheless, he revealed much about the thinking of a professional manager trying to satisfy tobacco
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Oct 24, 2012 12:05
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